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Helsinki concert!
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Mari said on September 25, 2003 22:26:
Ooooh, woohoo! Concert at Tavastia was just awesome! As Per told, big party tonight cos it was last concert of the worldtour which start last Tuesday :)
Same setlist as Oslo. Per really rocks. It was almost as “private” gig, cos Tavastia is so small. I think there was about 600 people.
raisa said on September 26, 2003 12:41:
i had so much fun!!!1
just jumping and screaming and dancing..
helena laughed at our t-shirts (me, paula and sanna had t-shirts with text “gessle for president” :D)
and all the fans from finland... i didn’t believe that there are so many fanatics in finland. :D
josefin said on September 26, 2003 13:29:
Oh yeah, it was such a great evening, haven’t been this happy since the Room Service -concert :D
It was so strange but very very nice to see Per so close ... When signing our t-shirts ... He looks so good! :D Too bad I’m so shy and couldn’t really get my mouth open :(
(I’ve always been more Marie-fan than Per-fan, but now Per’s place in my heart grew a little bit, though Marie is still the best ... :)
Aww, I just can’t stop smiling =)
And it really was great to see all those fans! =)
Sanna said on September 26, 2003 16:18:
Yes, it was so great!!!!!!!
It was nice to meet all the other fans around there! We’ll see again! (Some of you very soon I hope:)
And when we took photos Per’s cheek was so close to mine.. ooh. (I’ve also always been a Marie-fan, but it was really fantastic:). And he even drew accidentally in my arm some strokes with his pen. It was a bit funny when I noticed that:)
Cool, that’s all I can say.
josefin said on September 26, 2003 17:04:
whee, you can see our (my boyfriend’s, mine, raisa’s and sanna’s) heads in one of the pictures taken yesterday, in the front page news. :D
animalkingdom said on September 26, 2003 18:19:
OH yeah! The gig was x-cellent...Sold out, by the way!
I wonder if Mazarin will pop into the Top-40 Albums chart this week...Hope it will!
And it was such a brill to see other fans but, to be honest, would have looooved to chat some more. Wonder where all the interesting topics got lost...? ;)
Till next time!
:)
roxeteer (moderator) said on September 26, 2003 18:32:
I wonder what that was about the concert being sold out. I’ve been to many sold-out concerts at Tavastia and this time the club wasn’t as full.
animalkingdom said on September 26, 2003 18:52:
Hmm well I guess it wasn’t completely packed but either IL or IS stated it was... Don’t know then. :S
maiken said on September 26, 2003 20:47:
When have IL or IS ever stated somehting that was actually true? They like to plain off the edges a bit. :o)
animalkingdom said on September 27, 2003 10:34:
Maiken...gotta admit i think u have a point. ;) But it’s never bad if they spread such assumptions about Roxette & Co to the whole of Finland! :)
Junkie said on September 27, 2003 11:07:
Oh yeahhhhhhhhh! :)
I’m damn happy I’d managed to come to Helsinki to see Per live!!!!!!!!!!! I even met him and he signed my ’Konstpaus’ and ’The Ballad Hits’ CDs! This show was much more great than even Room Service concert in St:Petersburg! I’ll never forget that night!!!!!!
@raisa: so, it was you! :)
@Mari: was nice to meet ya! :))
Peace to everyone!
JoyRidErno said on September 27, 2003 15:40:
Great!
It was extremely lovely to see you all. Especially you Paula, Raisa and Sanna.
I have always been Roxette fan, not Per or Marie and this gig didn’t change my opinion, but it was great to see Per live. Now I’m waiting for “new mix of The Look” and Mazrin DVD... :)
animalkingdom said on September 27, 2003 16:40:
@ above
I think it was you, the little guy, who was a bit quiet around the blokes...Hey, it would have been nice to chat to u too! :D
maiken said on September 27, 2003 19:38:
To animalkingdom: TRUE!!!
I think it was extremely wonderful to meet new people (I think I’ve said this like 27 times already). I don’t remember anyone’s names though. NO, not true, I remember Juma, and Paula, Raisa and Sanna. and Mari. And... the two blokes from Russia, though I can’t remember their real names even if it would kill me. :o) oh well, whatever. :o)
josefin said on September 27, 2003 20:04:
@ JoyRidErno: It was very nice to meet you too :)
And all the others also =) just hate it when I get so shy!! it would have been so nice to be able to say some things to Per, like ask if I could give him a hug :DD
Still feels like being in heaven ... Uh. Haven’t felt this way in almost two years =)
Paula
(btw, is it possible to change your nickname in here?)
Junkie said on September 29, 2003 18:44:
@Maiken: My real name in Ilia (it must be read as Iliya) and my friend’s name is Igor. I’m from Pietari and he’s from Moscow. =))
I was also very happy to see Per live. Seems everyone who came to Helsinki got his autograph! He signed 3 of my CDs, I’m still in a shock about that!!! And I also took a pic of myself and Per. I stood near him shoulder by shoulder!!!! Fantastic feelings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was cool to meet you and Animalkingdom, who appeared to stand on my right durig the concert! =))
maiken said on September 29, 2003 20:04:
To Junkie:
Per was probably in a mood to sign autographs and pose for pictures. I met him before the show at Tavastia and he signed my picture and album. It was nice to meet him again. It was also great to meet Cristoffer Lundquist and Clarence Öffwerman, I have a great deal of respect for both of them. :o)
Junkie said on September 30, 2003 16:27:
Would you believe me - I’m still walking down the streets, singing Sommartider! =))) I’m still under impression. It’s a shock!!!!!!
josefin said on September 30, 2003 17:03:
Oh, I sure believe you!! I’m also singing all the time and just can’t stop smiling and everyone who I meet gets to here all about the gig all over again and again and again ... :D I just don’t have anything else on my mind! :)
As I’ve said before, I’ve always been more Marie-fan (and still am), so it feels kinda like Per has for the first time in 12-13 years really got into my heart just now. And after the Room Service -concert I really couldn’t believe I could feel like this again, but here we go ... =)
maiken said on October 16, 2003 20:58:
Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve finally got my pictures from the Helsinki-gig, and I’ll try to post them up tomorrow!! :o)
Until then!!!
Love, Maiken
maiken said on October 17, 2003 16:38:
So, my pictures are here!!!
the address is:
http://www.angelfire.com/music/maiken/per.html
I truly hope you like my pictures as much as I do!!
Jud (moderator) said on October 17, 2003 18:35:
very nice pics, thanks for sharing! :)
Just an advice: i would put some copyright notice on the pictures.. (C) your name or something ;)
maiken said on October 17, 2003 19:04:
I was actually gonna put my copyright there, but then I didn’t since I had to scan them in such a rush. I don’t mind if someone uses my pictures, I just want the credits for them! :o)
ally77 said on September 25, 2003 22:43:
Good, glad you enjoy yourself!